CSBA Blog
Attendance rates improve when a school develops meaningful family engagement, and when students feel safe and have positive relationships with peers and teachers. According to new research from the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research, these positive factors of school climate have become especially impactful since the pandemic.
Findings from the first year of a multi-year study examine the causes, consequences and impacts of absenteeism in Chicago schools in post-pandemic years relative to pre-pandemic years among students in grades 6-11...